One of the Trusteds - Augusts1, to be precise - tendered the news that the raving loonies/house-funk-soul-rockers of Happy Mondays - standard-bearers of the Madchester sound that sprung up in Manchester, England during the late '80s - were reuniting and sharing a U.S. tour with another reconstituted U.K. group, new-wave fave the Psychedelic Furs. Two bands I followed and enjoyed on their initia...
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I wanted to squeeze this in before midnight here, since it fits, but also because it's a great song.This was another video that got a lot of play in my early days of watching MTV. So much, in fact, that I lost the love for the song for a while, and had to leave it alone and revisit it later. MTV was unfortunately quite good at that back then; see dachmo's post on The Tubes for my take on "She's...
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Thank you John Hughes for the comedy, the teen angst and the New Wave:
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I know, I know, I just finished posting my fawning paean to one Psychedelic Furs song. I was watching this video, and it struck me so funny. How totally awesome are Richard Butler's dance/mime moves here? Is *this* what they meant by Mirror Moves?!?I'm not hating on the song, mind, but this album starts the steep downhill slope that ends at their egregious self-cover of "Pretty In Pink".Well, w...
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In the Deadwood days of p2p it was really surprising what oddities you could find. Like this choice cut from the Psychedelic Furs, recorded for the King Biscuit Flour Hour.The Furs were one of the big post-punk bands to come out of Britain and embodied both a music and attitude that exists to this day (I'm pointing at you, Lilly Allen). That is, the music is good but these people joined bands t...
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In my continuing quest to right the wrongs of unposted & neglected musicians/groups I discovered last night there were no posts for the Furs!! WTF? I know I've seen at least one post but maybe it was just a vid someone posted in the comments of someone else's post. So it got buried. Oh well.I'm rectifying this now damnit! My fav Furs song off "Book Of Days"('89).Wiki sez: "The Psychedelic Furs ...
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Although I actually drink green tea, after two hours researching personal injury and product liability news, I needed something romantic and unspoiled.
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The legendary New Wave MOG Wars...are they over...or just beginning?.........
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I was not around for any of the Psychedelic Furs shows in the 80’s, being a young kid and all. But I can tell that they have not lost any of the excitement of playing live. From Tim Butler mouthing the words to the songs (sans microphone) to Richard Butler’s interaction and face time with the crowd, their energy is contagious, and the crowd was buzzing before they even stepped on stage.The Fur
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This track takes me back. 1982, just turned 18 and always down the pub, spending my ill-gotten gains, snigger. A friend of mine, Paul, was well into this band.
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Although the two bands shared some crossover in the years in which they were musically active, it's hard not to think of the Psychedelic Furs as a quintessential 80's band and the Happy Mondays part of the early 90's musical landscape. An odd paring for sure, but not totally out of scope (or is it?).The two bands will tour North American (and bits of Canada) this fall. We must admit, we are i...
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Our good friend and expert in all music British, Waterloo Joe, took in the Happy Mondays and Psychedelic Furs double bill at the Kool Haus in Toronto this week. He was kind enough to furnish us with a review.Here's his take on the show (thanks Joe!):The return of the Psychedelic Furs and the Happy Mondays to Toronto offered concert-goers either a good time or a great time, depending on
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The 80's were alive and well last night at the Hollywood Bowl compliments of The Killers and The Psychedelic Furs. The Furs opened the show and later surprised the sold out crowd by joining The Killers for a rendition of Pretty In Pink. Brandon Flowers looked absolutely ecstatic to share vocals with Richard Butler. It was a pretty cool music moment. If you read this blog, you know that we
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Relishing in the sounds of my youth, I can’t forget about these guys, The Psychedelic Furs. I usually don’t post tour dates unless they are going to have some direct impact on me possibly seeing the band, but this is a “wish” post, in hopes that the TBA dates will find the Furs here in [...]
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"Without music, time has a very different quality." —Rory Stewart1. The Psychedelic Furs - "Forever Now"If all you know of the Furs is the hits, I really hope you choose to delve deeper within a week or two. Not that their albums are going anywhere, but you owe it to yourself.2. CSS - "Alcohol"This Brazilian act is one of those bands where they were so hyped up at one point that I totally tuned
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